Urethane Rear Bushings: IE vs Powerflex vs ???

[StereoInstaller1]

Guys, if you want quiet urethane bushings find some boat trailer wheel bearing grease intended for saltwater use.

Quiet for a year, at least.

Luke

[JoeyJoeJ0]

Its hard to find a conclusion to this thread. Ive heard that the AKG and the IE's squeak, or the IE's fit great or they fit like shit, or AKG's are great and so are IE's.

Im comparing prices and to get poly for every bit of my car, it would be AKG for engine, tranny, and rear sub frame. And IE for RTAB. But only if i go with IE black. Does this sound right?

[clavinZERO]

Its hard to find a conclusion to this thread. Ive heard that the AKG and the IE's squeak, or the IE's fit great or they fit like shit, or AKG's are great and so are IE's.

Im comparing prices and to get poly for every bit of my car, it would be AKG for engine, tranny, and rear sub frame. And IE for RTAB. But only if i go with IE black. Does this sound right?

I think that sounds right.

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I've got the IE green (street) subframe bushings and their black trailing arm bushings too. Squeaky at times yes, but not THAT bad- like Matt said, just in and out of driveways mostly. They really firm up the rear end on these cars, especially if your bushings are shot right now from millions of miles/age.

Would I do anything differently if I had to do it again? Probably find better lube, heh.

A note on the IE trailing arm bushings... they were a pain to get in, but not anything you will split knuckles over. Justin and I just lubed them up and we used 2 set of large pliars to ease them in. Granted, we had it easier cause the sub-frame was out, but if you are gonna do the sub-frame ones at the same time then bingo.

[MikesJo]

IE Subframe bushings here, green ones. No issues or squeaks. I've had them in for over 6 months and been to a few autox with them in.

[nando]

I've had IE subframe/trailing arm bushings on my car for 4 and a half years now.. if it squeaks I've never noticed it.

[MR 325]

Would I do anything differently if I had to do it again?

My answer to this question is NOPE!

[fretburnr]

i'm going to be doing subframe and trailing arm bushings. Looks like the IE street RTABs are the ones i'll go with, but I'm still torn about the subframe mounts. I dont mind stiffening them up, but I'd really like to keep diff noise to a minimum. Has anyone else had issues with the green IE mounts? Any other suggestions? It is primarily a street car, with some autox use.

[MR 325]

Diff noise? Again, my car is a daily driver and I love my IE bushings.

[matt]

If you have "diff noise" you probably need a rear wheel bearing.

[fretburnr]

If you have "diff noise" you probably need a rear wheel bearing.

haha, no I don't currently have any diff noise - figured since the diff is mounted directly to the subframe, a hard enough bushing would transmit any gear whine.

Diff noise? Again, my car is a daily driver and I love my IE bushings.

Cool... sounds like a plan.

I only asked as it's hard to gauge parts like this, when different people have different levels of tolerance for noise. I'm somewhere in the middle, I don't need a lexus-isolated silent ride, but I also shouldn't have to crank the radio just to drown out racecar noises while taking the girl to dinner. :pimp:

[Jordan325iC]

My IE green street subframe bushings have been in for a few weeks now without ever a sound.

[JRKOUPE]

rtab

my "black" IE rta bushings are noisy........on tight slow turns.

[fretburnr]

Where did you guys get your IE stuff? I was going to go thru flyingbrick to save the usual IE hassle, but they don't offer the street compounds it seems.

[MR 325]

I buy directly from IE, they are local.

[clavinZERO]

I buy directly from IE, they are local.

Hi I'm Matt and I post shit that doesn't mean anything to people IN CHICAGO!! :P beesh.